Our research focuses is on people who are particularly susceptible to viral or bacterial infections. These include newborns, senior citizens and people with a weakened immune system. We want to better understand the individual causes of their increased susceptibility and are therefore investigating the underlying genetic and immunological aspects.

We are also investigating the factors of viruses and bacteria that contribute to increased susceptibility to infection. Our research focuses primarily on herpes, hepatitis and cold viruses, as well as various bacterial pathogens. In this way, we are laying the foundations for new drugs and treatments.

It is becoming increasingly important in medicine to be able to deal with large amounts of data. This is why the four-semester Master’s degree course “Biomedical Data Science” was created as part of RESIST. With this interdisciplinary and multi-professional course, we are specifically training experts for the interface between the life sciences, medicine and computer science.

In addition, students of natural sciences and medicine can write their doctoral thesis on the interactions between humans and viruses and bacteria as part of international doctoral programs. RESIST supports students who write their dissertation in a RESIST laboratory.